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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bridge that South Fork Creek winds toward?
(a) Stony Bridge.
(b) Stone Creek Bridge.
(c) Greybeard Bridge.
(d) Lamb's Bridge.

2. What is the name of the person who laid out Conemaugh Old Town?
(a) Cyrus Elder.
(b) Henry Phipps.
(c) Joseph Schantz.
(d) W. Horace Rose.

3. What is the ratio of the dead bodies that cannot be identified?
(a) One in three.
(b) One in four.
(c) One in five.
(d) One in two.

4. What is the name of the cemetery that was found along the river which kept Civil War veterans?
(a) Mineral Point Cemetery.
(b) Johnstown Cemetery.
(c) Sandy Vale Cemetery.
(d) Stony Creek Cemetery.

5. What is the name of the man who brings three carloads of supplies and 300 men to help the relief efforts?
(a) Daniel Peyton.
(b) Victor Heiser.
(c) Henry Clay Frick.
(d) Capt. Bill Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles downstream from its origins does Lake Conemaugh reform in Chapter 4?

2. What is the name of the distinguished lawyer who sets off in an open wagon to help evacuees in Chapter 3?

3. What is the name of the Pittsburgh clubmen's president and manager in Chapter 3?

4. What landmark is mentioned as reaching to the heavens in Chapter 1 that can be seen in the Johnstown newspaper?

5. How much money does the book say Cambria Iron had invested in Johnstown by the time the country club was organized?

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